霸王龙和陨星坑 天体撞击如何导致物种灭绝 T rex and the Crater of Doom 英文原版 Walter Alvarez

基本信息

Format Paperback | 208 pages

Dimensions 140 x 216 x 17.78mm | 170g

Publication date 14 Oct 2015

Publisher Princeton University Press

Language English

Edition Revised

Edition Statement Revised edition

Illustrations note 8 color plates. 15 halftones. 2 line illus.

ISBN10 0691169667

ISBN13 9780691169668

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

六千五百万年前，一颗比珠穆朗玛峰还大的彗星或小行星撞击地球，引发了相当于一亿颗氢弹爆炸的爆炸。气化的碎屑在撞击时穿过大气层，在全球范围内落回地球。灾难性的环境后果接踵而至：一场巨大的海啸、大陆规模的野火、黑暗和寒冷，随后是闷热的温室热量。当条件恢复正常时，地球上一半的植物和动物属已经灭绝。这一系列可怕的事件现在被广泛接受为一个巨大的科学谜团的解决方案：是什么导致了恐龙的灭绝？发现撞击证据的伯克利科学家之一沃尔特·阿尔瓦雷斯 (Walter Alvarez) 讲述了最初有争议的理论发展背后的故事。这是一个在偏远地区的冒险、艰苦的数据收集和智力斗争、因突然突破而结束的长期挫折、建立和失去的友谊以及永远改变我们对地球地质历史理解的发现的兴奋。 .

Sixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth, inducing an explosion equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million hydrogen bombs. Vaporized detritus blasted through the atmosphere upon impact, falling back to Earth around the globe. Disastrous environmental consequences ensued: a giant tsunami, continent-scale wildfires, darkness, and cold, followed by sweltering greenhouse heat. When conditions returned to normal, half the plant and animal genera on Earth had perished. This horrific chain of events is now widely accepted as the solution to a great scientific mystery: what caused the extinction of the dinosaurs? Walter Alvarez, one of the Berkeley scientists who discovered evidence of the impact, tells the story behind the development of the initially controversial theory. It is a saga of high adventure in remote locations, of arduous data collection and intellectual struggle, of long periods of frustration ended by sudden breakthroughs, of friendships made and lost, and of the exhilaration of discovery that forever altered our understanding of Earth's geological history.

"这是二十世纪科学最伟大的冒险之一的故事，由核心人物讲述。沃尔特-阿尔瓦雷斯以洞察力、清晰度和温情讲述了这个仍在发展的故事。对于科学家和普通人来说，这是一本很好的读物。"--理查德-穆勒，《复仇女神》作者：The Death Star

"This is the story of one of the greatest adventures of twentieth-century science, told by the central figure. Walter Alvarez relates the still-evolving story with insight, clarity, and warmth. It is a great read for both scientist and layperson."--Richard Muller, author of Nemesis: The Death Star

作者简介

Walter Alvarez是加州大学伯克利分校的地质学教授。

Walter Alvarez is professor of geology at the University of California, Berkeley.